Key result
Phase-II cardiac rehabilitation is linked to sustained improvements in quality of life through 1 year.
Why the study?
The relationship between adherence to a 12-week Phase-II cardiac rehabilitation program and improvements in health-related quality of life needed to be determined.
Observational (n=153)
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between adherence to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQL) with a 12-week, Phase-II CR program. Previously collected data from 153 CR patients (114 males, 39 females; 69.1 years of age +/- 11.5) were utilized to complete this retrospective study. Patients completed the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-36 to assess HRQL at the beginning of CR (N = 153), at 3 months (N = 152), and at 1 year (N = 94). Pearson correlation coefficients were generated to assess the relationship between CR attendance and HRQL. Paired sample t-tests helped determine the effect of CR on HRQL at 3 months and 1 year. No relationship was found between CR adherence and improvements in HRQL. Significant improvements in HRQL were found among all patients from baseline to 3 months and 1 year. Study findings demonstrate the effectiveness of CR in improving patient short- and long-term HRQL regardless of patient adherence rate.
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Alexander et al. (2006) conducted an observational in Patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation (n=153). Adherence to a 12-week, Phase-II cardiac rehabilitation program vs. Baseline (pre-rehabilitation) and varying adherence rates was evaluated on Health-related quality of life (HRQL) assessed via the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form-36 (SF-36).
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